Publishing Details

Publication Type:

Survey Report

Publisher:

United Republic of Tanzania, Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security and Cooperatives, Ministry of Livestock Development and Fisheries, Ministry of Water and Irrigation, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Environment, Zanzibar ...

Publication Date:

July 2012

Pages:

379

Abstract

At the end of the 2007/08 Agricultural Year, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) in collaboration with the Ministries of Agriculture, Food Security and Cooperatives, Livestock and Fisheries Development; Water; Industry and Trade; the Prime Minister’s Office, Regional Administration and Local Government (PMO/RALG) and the Office of the Chief Government Statistician, (OCGS), Ministries of Agriculture and Natural Resources; Livestock and Fisheries conducted the Agricultural Sample Census. This is the fourth Agricultural Census to be carried out in Tanzania, the first one was conducted in 1971/72, the second in 1993/94 and 1994/95 (during 1993/94 data on household characteristics and livestock count were collected and data on crop area and production in 1994/95), and the third was conducted in 2002/03. The census collected detailed data on crop production, crop marketing, crop storage, livestock production, fish farming, and poverty indicators. In addition to this, the census was large in its scope and coverage as it provides data that can be disaggregated at district level and thus, allow comparisons with the 2002/03 National Sample Census of Agriculture. The census covered smallholders in rural areas only and large scale farms. This report presents data disaggregated at regional and district level and it focuses on small holders crop production and livestock keeping.

TABLES

Type of Agriculture Household, Number and Size of Holding

Number of Heads of Agricultural Households by Sex of Head

Number of Household Members by District and Sex

Age Group

Marital Status

Survival of Female/Male Parent

Household Members Who Can Read and Write by Language

Literacy Level

Education Status

Level of Involvement in Farming Activity

Land Ownership/Tenure

Number of Agriculture Households by Whether All Land Available to the Household Was Used

Number of Agriculture Households by Whether They Consider Having Sufficient Land for the Household

Number of Agriculture Households By Whether Female Members of the Household Own or Have Cusomary Right to Lan

Land Use Area; Number of Household Members Owning Most of the Crop by Sex of the Main Owner and Crop

Notes

Full Publisher: United Republic of Tanzania, The United Republic of Tanzania, Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security and Cooperatives, Ministry of Livestock Development and Fisheries, Ministry of Water and Irrigation, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Environment, Zanzibar, Prime Minister's Office, Regional Administration and Local Governments, Ministry of Industries, Trade and Marketing, The National Bureau of Statistics and the Office of the Chief Government Statistician, Zanzibar

Citation

(2012) "[Tanzania] National Sample Census of Agriculture 2007/2008 Small Holder Agriculture: Regional Report - Tanga Region (Volume Vd)," United Republic of Tanzania, Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security and Cooperatives, Ministry of Livestock Development and Fisheries, Ministry of Water and Irrigation, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Environment, Zanzibar ....